The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-02-24

Resolved. That tho speaker Is hereby directed
to appoint special committee Of 1ve members
Of the house to inquire and report to this house
whether any attempt has been made to corruptly
| influence the members of this house in reference
to the passage Of House File 23s. The commit
tee shall have power to issue subpenas and to
stenosrapSer to report tie testimony tafen be-
| fore it. and to sit during the sessions Of the
house. The chairman OF tho committee shall
called before the COMMITTEES. Tho COMMITTEES
The house defeated tho Merrill text book
till by an overwhelming vote.
| IN THE SENATE
The graded high license bill OF Senator
Scheffer was introduced.
| HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
| To authorize county commissio ners Of Clay.
Wnkin' etc., to issue bonds for Typographical
| SENATE BILLS PASSED
| Childs, to regulate compensation of county
| commissioners in Mcleod county: Whiteman.
to establish s bureau Of industry and ststtssios
Lodge No. 6, I. o. y. F., Of Minneapolis; schef-
fer. to provide for tho otgantzation Of board of
fcrring the power Of franchises upon tho COM
mon council Of Owatonna: same, to authorize
city Of Owatonna to issue bonds for waterworks;
counties to issue bonds for the Marshall avenue
bridge: Hayden, to authorize city Of Winona to
issue 100000 bonds for tho Winons & South
The senate Judiciary committee has recon-
mended the bills to pass establishing . state
public school: fixing the time Of holding terms
! OF court in the Eleventh judicial district: to
prevent the contractors for prison labor COM
peting with the custom work OF artisans: author
izinR pharmacists to sell all kinds of liquor on
physicians certificates only: relating to the law
Of libel.
| HOUSE.
| The soldiers home bill passed yeas IS,
nays 4:
| The snealor annourood no tho co,,ornittoo
on the removal OF the capital to Kandiyohi
county: Messrs. Reese, Rogers, Knox, Will
son and Gregory.
| The house yesterday afternoon passed the
substitute bills for the legislative sessions
bill reported by the judiciary committee.
people shall vote on the amendment to the
constitution that the sessions shall he ann ual,
not to exceed sixty live legislative days, and
no bill shall be introduced in either house,
ernor, during the last fifteen days OF the
session. The organization of the house made
| at the first session after the election of the
same shall continue two years, and all un-
finished business at the close of the first
session shall continue over and be disposed
OF at the second session Of the same house.
The biennial bill provides for ninetyday
sessions, no bills to be introduced during the
last fifteen days.
| HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
TO detach certain portions of Cass county and
sale Of liquor in the Seventh ward Of St. Paul:
and marines: to fix the salaries of judge OF pro-
bate and assessor Of Ramsey county: to amend
the charter Of the city Of Saltwater: to amend
sessions. and one for biennial sessions: to regu-
| late slaughter houses in the Seventh ward; to
amend the city charter of Faribault: authorizing
AnOAS to Issue bonds to build railroad from
Minneapolis to Anoka.
SENATE.
The senate railroad committee presented
the following substitute to Mr.. Pope's bill:
Street railways are excepted from the provis-
One car load Of freight shall be transported at
number Of car foads Of the same class from and ID
Discrimination is prohibited, and cars must
be exchanged between roads.
The clause IN Pope's bill fixing passenger rates
| passes, a,c stricken out.
Pooling is prohibited, and rebates are not
allowed to any person. The long and short haul
| clause Is retained, but the railroad commission
Is given power to suspend its operations where
the lines OF two or more competing roads run to
shortest line from any competing poin: to any
other point common to both has made its rates
tby the aHo,: application Of it's distance tariff,
be the as BY the enc
line. The operation Of the dis tance tariff shall
be enforced until rate equal to the through
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| shall be suspended by the provisions of the
long and short haul clause.
pots. and no change shall be made except upon
| ten days notice.
Appeals from the decisions Of tho railroad
commissioners to district courts is provided for.
No appeal shall stay or supersede the order ap-
| pealed from in so far as 1t relates to rates Of
Transportation or to modes Of tran sactine the
unless the court hearing or deciding such case
| shall so direct
The provision for the appointment of rail-
bill There are to be three commi ssioners at
$3'oO0 per annum each, and secretary ct
NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
The bill was introduced in the senate yes
| Ccrday morning redistricuing the judicial
districts Of the state. The scheme proposed
Is as follows:
First Dtstrict--Chtsago. Kanabec. Pine. WASH
Third-Hennepin. Wright, Anoka, 1santt
Fourth-W1nona, Olmsted. Dodge, Steele, Wa
Fifth-Rtce, LIE sueur, Scott. Carver,
sixth-Blue Earth. Faribault. Martini Waton-
| wan.
DISQUALIFICATION. Benton, Mile Laos, Crow
Wing. Cass, Stevens, Todd 6herburne.
Eighth-McLeod, Renviile, Yellow Medicine,
| Lac qui Parle. Big Stone. Chippewa.
Tenth-Houston. Fillmore, Mower. Froeborn.
Eleventh-st. Louis. Lake, Cook. Carlton, Ait
=, Twelfth Meeker, Kandiyohi. Swift. Pope Big
Stone. Stevens, Traverse.
=. acknowledgements, Jackson. Murray
Mobiles. Pipe Stone. Polk.
Fourteenth-Wadena. Otter Tail. Douglas.
Fifteenth-Hubbard, Becker, Clay, Norman,
| Polk. Marshall. Kittson. Beltrami.
! -, Mr. Nelson offered an amendment to Mr.
which was adopted by the senate yesterday.
The amendment Is practically q substitute for
the bill 1t names as a commission to select q
tiemon: D. W iugersoli. Ramsey equity;
George Barbours. Dakota county: F. w. Hoyt,
Goodhue county; Andrew Knox, Mower county;
site is to be not less than twenty miles from any
! other state institution The managers of the
institution are empowered to erect suitable
buildings. The cost OF the site and buildings
| must not exceed the amount realized from the
| sale of the present site and buildings.
eonator Goodrich, to whom was referred his
the senate yesterday with the Recommendation
| that 1t pass.
Senator Browns bill in regard to abstract
work in counties requires parties performing the
| same to give bonds IN the sum OF IS. 600.
| HOUSE.
The business of tha day was the consider
alton Of general house ORDERS and number
Of local bills were passed in omnibus without
debate. The freedom of traffic bill and in
terest bills were laid over owing to the small
| attendance.
! The house committee OH pubic expenditures
| and accounts made their report of the condition
Of the auditors Office yesterday morning, show
| Ing the amount of cash on hand Jan. !, 1887.
| was 81 SO,OS1.8 80. The bonds and securities in
the treasury amount to ST. 900, OF which
| the permanent school fund amounts to s.. 2OO,-
900: Minnesota railway adjustment bonds. 81
| 9Sl,OOO: Minnesota revenue bonds. SCI 900:
permanent university fund, $2SO,OOo: Ten
neesee state bonds: 100000; Tennessee state
knnJ a - toQ prna o1
that the state treasurer's bond Of 100000 be
| increased.
The bill to abolish the process OF Rarnishmcnt,
| introduced by Mr.. Newell, provides that when
1t shall appear satisfactory to courts that the
sum of money garnisheed was actually earned
by the manual labor of any man or woman. and
that the money Is actually necessary to the sup
port Of such individual, the court shall dis
| charge the punishment and render Judgment in
| !avor OF the defendant without costs.
| SENATE.
Senator Ives bill relating to intoxi-
eating liquors passed 20 to ID. 1t pro-
| %ho 0e